“Wake up. The levees have broken!” These were the first words I heard Tuesday morning as fellow photographer Eliot Kamenitz kicked my feet and woke me on the floor of the Times-Picayune library.
Editor’s note: When Hurricane Katrina
hit, several CIP photographers were dispatched to the disaster. For
others, including Jamie Bates and Ted Jackson, the disaster came home.
Following are some remembrances from those on the scene.
“Wake up. The levees have broken!” These were the first words I heard
Tuesday morning as fellow photographer Eliot Kamenitz kicked my feet
and woke me on the floor of the Times-Picayune library. “Jesus Christ!”
came an anonymous reaction from across the room. “Even Jesus can’t help
us now,” came another panicked response. Everybody knew what this
meant. The worst-case hurricane scenario was upon us. The city was
filling like a bowl and there was no time to waste.
— Ted Jackson, New Orleans Times-Picayune
One of the greatest natural disasters of modern times was centered in
the city I call home. I want to take good pictures and tell the stories
of the heroes and survivors, but I also feel a need to get my hands
dirty helping.
— Jamie Bates, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.
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By Waylon Bailey
The Apostle James prepared the people of his day and all those believers who have followed after to resist the devil and to live for God in a culture that opposes God. He gave amazing advice which fits any people at any time (James 4:7-10).
"So humble yourselves before God. Resist the Devil, … Continue Reading.